Must Know Tips For Painting Your Nails

As you’re painting your nails, it’s best if you use three strokes to apply the polish.

First, you want to dip the brush into the bottle and get a decent-size bead of polish at the edge of your brush.

You want the polish to do the majority of the work and spread out as it’s placed on the nail—the brush is there to just guide the dot of polish into place. Starting at the base of your nail, stroke the brush to the left, to the right, and then down the center. Voila!

Touch Base

Always use base coat. It might take you some extra time, but it gives the colored polish something to adhere to, making your manicure last a couple of extra days longer, and it prevents staining on your nails from pigmented paint

Come Clean

Repurpose your old lip brush to help tidy up the edges of your nail.

We’ve all colored outside of the lines, but when you do it with nail polish; you want to be precise in your cleanup technique. Dip an old lip brush into nail polish remover and swiping it around your nail bed to clean up the edges.

White Now

Find the right white. White nail polish couldn’t be cooler than it is right now—it’s a super mod must wear shade.

But when you’re choosing a bottle, you want to make sure the formula is thick and creamy, so that it doesn’t go on too sheer or streaky.

To make sure it’s opaque, take the brush and wipe it against the inside of the top of the bottle; if the polish is sheer against the inside of the bottle, it’s not pigmented enough.

An instant way to look like you’ve just stepped out of the salon is to use cuticle oil. It instantly hydrates them. Then, apply it over your entire nail after you’ve painted your nails—if you accidentally hit them against something, the oil offers some slip, so they’re less likely to nick.

Get Wet

Hold your hands under cold water post-paint job. Holding your hands under cold water or dipping your fingertips into ice water for a bit helps them dry faster